PlacesMind-BlowingA mathematical thought experiment once claimed that if China's population walked past you in single file, the line would never end due to reproduction rates—but China's population is now declining for the first time since 1961.1k9k14 years ago
BodyMind-BlowingYou share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world.2513k16 years ago
TechnologyMind-BlowingThe number of text messages sent and received in a given day is greater than the world's population.2261k16 years ago
PlacesMind-BlowingIf Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, only about 30 people would live there.1821k16 years ago
PlacesInterestingDespite being the birthplace of Buddhism, India today has less than 1% Buddhist population, a dramatic decline that occurred over the past thousand years.1202k16 years ago
PlacesWeird"Monowi" is a town in Nebraska that has a population of 1; the Mayor pays taxes to herself.968k10 years ago
PlacesMind-BlowingEach year, the number of births in India is comparable to the entire population of Australia.961k16 years ago
BodyInterestingOutdatedMore than half the population of Kenya is under the age of 15.881k16 years ago
AnimalsMind-BlowingThere are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings in the world.7886216 years ago
ScienceMind-BlowingIf you're one in a million, there are about 8,100 people just like you.291k11 years ago
PlacesMind-BlowingRoughly 90% of the world's population live in the northern hemisphere.152k12 years ago
PeopleMind-BlowingIt took roughly 200,000 years for the human population to reach 1 billion. It took only 39 years to add the next 3 billion after we hit 3 billion in 1960.152k12 years ago
PlacesMind-BlowingOutdatedEvery person in the world can fit in Texas and be given over 1000 sq ft in which to live.143k12 years ago
PlacesInterestingThere are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.122k12 years ago